Faculty

Program affiliation
Immunology

Research summary
Identifying the role of cytokines in glomerular injury

Key words
B cell, podocytes, renal imaging, cytokines, systemic lupus erythematosus, biomarkers

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Molecular Cell Biology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology

Research summary
Mitochondria and autophagy in ischemic liver injury and liver aging

Key words
mitochondria, liver, fatty liver disease

Program affiliation
Neurosciences
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
We study auditory coding and processing using in vivo methods such as two-photon imaging, optogenetics, inner ear drug/gene delivery, and hearing physiology recording.

Key words
Sensory research, Auditory research, Auditory circuit, In vivo two-photon imaging, Optogenetics, Electrophysiology, Drug delivery, Hearing loss, Ototoxicity, Ear

Program affiliation
Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Cancer Biology

Research summary
My goal is to understand how CAR T cells interact with their immune environment, and to manipulate these interactions to improve outcomes of treatment.

Key words
CAR T cells, HSCs, cell therapy, gene therapy, cancer

Program affiliation
Immunology
Neurosciences
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology

Research summary
We study complex interactions between the immune and nervous systems in health and disease

Key words
Neuroimmunology; neuroscience; immunology; lymphatics; behavior; Alzheimer’s disease; neurodegeneration; glia; microglia; blood-brain barrier (BBB); meninges

Program affiliation
Immunology
Cancer Biology
Molecular Microbiology and Microbial Pathogenesis
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary
understand the biology of different human dendritic cells and other myeloid cells as a key for manipulating immune responses in various disease conditions

Key words
Human Immunology, Dendritic Cells, Tumor Immunology, immune dysfunctions, Vaccines

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Neurosciences

Research summary
Synaptic function and plasticity, neural computations, neurodevelopmental diseases

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Immunology
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Research summary
We are fundamentally interested in the complex cellular and molecular interactions that take place during joint homeostasis and disease.

Key words
Osteoarthritis, Immunology, Crosstalk, Fibrosis, Inflammation

Program affiliation
Biomedical Informatics and Data Science
Computational and Systems Biology

Research summary

Key words

Program affiliation
Developmental Regenerative and Stem Cell Biology
Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Molecular Cell Biology
Biochemistry Biophysics and Structural Biology

Research summary
organismal aging; zinc homeostasis and roles of zinc during cell differentiation.

Key words
aging, metals, zinc, development, sperm activation, signal transduction, homeostasis